Wednesday, May 29, 2013
When you think about life, whether at work or at home, you really would like to be told more often what you are doing right. Most of the time there are three options of what you can get: criticism, you can be told what you are doing right or you get nothing (silence). Mostly we get criticism or very little of anything. We want more reinforcement. I encourage you to give more reinforcement. Tell people what they are doing right, write them a note, tell them out loud, or make a toast of them in public. Whatever it is, tell them what they are doing right and be specific. Instead of just saying, good job” say, “I want you to know that you did a wonderful job it added a lot of value and here’s specifically how well you did…” So remember, tell people what they are doing right. You are at low risk of doing it too much.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
If you want to keep your marriage healthy it is important to remember this acronym: 2-first. 2-first stands for the following: Tolerance, Openness, Flexibility, Investment, Respect, Support and Trust. If you can remember these, you’ll think, “To first get my relationship healthy, I have to remember those items.” Tolerance, Openness, Flexibility, Investment, Respect, Support and Trust. When you think of it in those terms, you are more likely to keep it on your radar at which point you are going to improve your marriage’ health.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Do you ever notice yourself returning to the fridge? You have just finished eating something and
you go back to the fridge to see what else is in there. You looked in there for the last three minutes;
on the other hand, maybe something else magically appeared. The deal is that you return to the fridge out
of sheer habit, and often because you are bored or have little to do. The way to change that behavior is to do
something different. Instead of saying
that you are going to stop going to the fridge, you say that you are going to
start doing something else; take a walk around the house, take a walk around
the neighborhood, or read a magazine.
When you do something other than return to the fridge, you are going to
break the habit.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Do you ever notice when food is in front of you it just
starts automatically getting stuffed into your face? A lot of people with weight problems
unconsciously eat. The food is there and
they start grazing and they are talking or watching television and they
automatically shovel it in on automatic pilot.
Start noticing how you eat. Start
keeping a journal. This will point out
what you are eating, how much, and when you are eating. Do this for two weeks and you’ll start
noticing how automatic it is. When you
keep a food journal you become more conscious of what you are doing and you now
have control.
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